National Affairs: Curtisies

Last week Vice President Charles Curtis was 70. The Senate celebrated
with speeches. Secretary of the Treasury Mellon gave him a birthday
dinner party. The Senate festivities started when New York's Senator
Copeland, a physician, predicted that the Vice President was still
physically good for many another year of service. South Carolina's
Senator Blease hoped he would become President. Alabama's Senator
Heflin called the Curtis career an "inspiration to youth" while
Indiana's Senator Watson likened him to a "veritable Gibraltar."

Replied Vice President Curtis from the rostrum: "I love each and every
one...